Kristin Menke - Integrated ELA Test Prep

Want to help your upper middle and high school students personally connect to and write poetry? Check out this BLACKOUT POETRY WRITING BUNDLE to guide your students with fun and engaging assignments! For each topic (LOVE, HORROR, GRATITUDE, & WINTER), you get an editable teacher presentation to assist you in teaching each assignment, pre-writing activities, poems or excerpts, and blackout poetry pages / organizers to motivate students to create their own blackout poems! Use within a FULL POETR

Want to help your upper middle and high school students personally connect to and write poetry? Check out this WHAT IS LOVE ACTIVITIES VALENTINES POEM WRITING PACK to guide your students into February, the season of love, with fun and engaging assignments! You get an editable teacher presentation to assist you in teaching each assignment, a survey to explore love, quotes analysis activities to spark discussion, classic literature excerpts depicting love, and blackout poetry pages / organizers

Want to help your upper middle and high school students personally connect to and write poetry? Check out this WINTER POETRY ACTIVITIES PACK to guide your students into the Winter and Holiday Season with fun and engaging assignments! You get a teacher presentation to assist you in teaching each assignment, a survey to explore winter imagery, winter quotes analysis activities to spark discussion, classic winter poems to analyze critically, and blackout poetry organizers to motivate students to

Want to help your upper middle and high school students personally connect to and write poetry? Check out this GRATITUDE POETRY ACTIVITIES PACK to guide your students into the Thanksgiving and Holiday Season with fun and engaging assignments! You get a teacher presentation to assist you in teaching each assignment, a survey to explore gratitude, gratitude quotes analysis activities to spark discussion, classic poems to analyze critically, and blackout poetry organizers to motivate students to

Want to help your upper middle and high school students personally connect to and write poetry? Check out this INTRO TO HORROR UNIT POETRY ACTIVITIES PACK to guide your students into the horror genre with fun and engaging assignments! You get a teacher presentation to assist you in teaching each element, a survey to explore symbolism, horror genre quotes analysis activities to spark discussion, classic poems to analyze critically, and blackout poetry organizers to motivate students to create t

Need an engaging activity to teach Ambrose Bierce's most famous short story? This ESCAPE ROOM for "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" covers character analysis, plot elements, and reading test prep all in one day! ***Additionally, students will collect parts of a Pigpen Cipher to solve the final task.*** JUST PRINT, CUT, & TEACH!!This Escape Room has 4 Tasks:1. PLOTStudents find Plot Cards in the classroom and then put them in the correct order. When they have correctly identified and ordere

Need help with test prep, but you also want to read classic short stories? This O. Henry's Short Stories QUIZ BUNDLE contains 60 QUESTIONS and ANSWERS modeled after state standardized tests for "The Gift of the Magi," "The Cactus," and "After Twenty Years!" Make analyzing these classic short stories STRESS-FREE for your upper middle school and high school students! This product includes the following:60 Test Prep Questions and Answers (in quiz formats) in PDF, FORMS, & SLIDESEASY-TO-GRADE

Need help teaching the NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY AND RESTORATION OF MRS. MARY ROWLANDSON? This pack contains 10 reading comprehension test prep QUESTIONS and ANSWERS, as well as a shortened 3-page passage from the narrative, rhetorical analysis organizers, and characterization worksheets! Make teaching this poignant Early American Lit narrative SIMPLE & EASY with a detailed lesson, teacher examples, and keys! Give yourself a breath of fresh air with this no-prep curriculum that integrates

Need help teaching the NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY AND RESTORATION OF MRS. MARY ROWLANDSON? This pack contains 10 reading comprehension test prep QUESTIONS and ANSWERS, as well as a shortened 3-page passage from the narrative, rhetorical analysis organizers, and characterization worksheets! Make teaching this poignant Early American Lit narrative SIMPLE & EASY with a detailed lesson, teacher examples, and keys! Give yourself a breath of fresh air with this no-prep curriculum that integrates

Do you need engaging and relevant Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions that focus on Pre-Colonial Native American Literature? Check out this easy-to-teach bundle with 5 folktales that offer insight into the myths and legends of Early America! This 1-2 week PDF & Digital Resource Bundle contains reading and writing activities, 28 test prep QUESTIONS and ANSWERS, and detailed lessons! Give yourself a breath of fresh air with this NO PREP curriculum that integrates test prep within the

Do you need Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions for Native American Literature? This Native American Folktale, "The World on the Turtle's Back," also known as "The Earth on the Turtle's Back," offers insight into the creation myths and legends of Early America! It contains easy-to-teach reading and writing activities, 6 test prep QUESTIONS and ANSWERS, and a Detailed Lesson! Give yourself a breath of fresh air with this NO PREP curriculum that integrates test prep within the teaching

Do you need engaging and relevant Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions that focus on Pre-Colonial Native American Literature? Check out this easy-to-teach bundle with 5 folktales that offer insight into the myths and legends of Early America! This 1-2 week resource contains reading and writing activities, 28 test prep QUESTIONS and ANSWERS, and detailed lessons! Give yourself a breath of fresh air with this NO PREP curriculum that integrates test prep within the teaching of literature!

Do you need Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions for Native American Literature? This Native American Folktale, "The World on the Turtle's Back," also known as "The Earth on the Turtle's Back," offers insight into the creation myths and legends of Early America! It contains easy-to-teach reading and writing activities, 6 test prep QUESTIONS and ANSWERS, and a Detailed Lesson! Give yourself a breath of fresh air with this NO PREP curriculum that integrates test prep within the teaching

Want to help your upper middle and high school students personally connect to poetry using templates for an I AM POEM, I AM NOT POEM, WHERE I LIVE POEM, & WHERE I AM FROM POEM? Check out this getting-to-know-you poetry activities bundle to guide your students in analyzing poetry, reflecting on insightful quotes, and writing about who they are and where they are from! Use Anne Bronte's poem "Home," Kristin Menke's poem "I Am Not," Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poem "I Am," and John Clare's poem "I Am!"

Want to help your upper middle and high school students personally connect to poetry with a WHERE I AM FROM POEM template? Check out this getting to know you poetry activities pack to guide your students in analyzing, reflecting on, and writing about what makes HOME to them! Use Anne Bronte's poem "Home" as the foundation for the lesson and examine its meaning. Then, participate in a "Home" Quotes Discussion Activity and Survey. Finally, have students produce a Where I Am From poem and a Wh

Want to help your upper middle and high school students personally connect to poetry using templates for an I AM POEM, I AM NOT POEM, WHERE I LIVE POEM, & WHERE I AM FROM POEM? Check out this getting-to-know-you poetry activities bundle to guide your students in analyzing poetry, reflecting on insightful quotes, and writing about who they are and where they are from! Use Anne Bronte's poem "Home," Kristin Menke's poem "I Am Not," Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poem "I Am," and John Clare's poem "I Am!"

Want to help your upper middle and high school students personally connect to poetry with a WHERE I AM FROM POEM template? Check out this getting to know you poetry activities pack to guide your students in analyzing, reflecting on, and writing about what makes HOME to them! Use Anne Bronte's poem "Home" as the foundation for the lesson and examine its meaning. Then, participate in a "Home" Quotes Discussion Activity and Survey. Finally, have students produce a Where I Am From poem and a Wh

Need fun ways to start the year relevantly and engagingly? This High School Back to School Activities Pack provides easy-to-teach resources to help your students challenge the status quo and reflect on what EDUCATION might look like to them! Guide students in reflecting on, visualizing, and discussing their perspectives on traditional and non-traditional education. You can use this pack in conjunction with college and career readiness activities or simply as a part of back to school lessons! J

Want to help your upper middle and high school students personally connect to poetry with an I AM POEM template? Check out this high school getting to know you poetry activities pack to guide your students in analyzing, reflecting on, and writing about IDENTITY! Use John Clare's Poem "I Am!" as the foundation for the lesson and examine its meaning. Then, participate in an Identity Quotes Activity and Survey. Finally, have students produce an Identity Poem with EASE instead of completing a ty

Want to help your upper middle and high school students personally connect to poetry with an I AM POEM template? Check out this high school getting to know you poetry activities pack to guide your students in analyzing, reflecting on, and writing about IDENTITY! Use John Clare's Poem "I Am!" as the foundation for the lesson and examine its meaning. Then, participate in an Identity Quotes Activity and Survey. Finally, have students produce an Identity Poem with EASE instead of completing a t